NURSING

Research for nursing

Papers a nurse can act on, across critical and emergency care, medical-surgical, mental health, paediatrics and neonatal, maternity, older adults, community and primary care, and oncology and palliative care. Each is read in full rather than from its abstract.

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• RNCohort2026Treatment Adherence and Recurrence of Suicidal Behaviour in a Cohort of Suicide Attempters in a Nurse-Led Suicide Prevention Programme.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursingAbout half of suicide attempters completed a year of nurse-led follow-up alongside usual mental health care. Those who completed had fewer repeat attempts in the first year and fewer psychiatric admissions, but the study had no control group.
• RNOther2025Trajectory and determinants of family resilience in caregivers of preterm infants: A mixed-methods study.International journal of nursing sciencesFamily resilience in caregivers of preterm infants followed a V-shaped pattern, dropping to its lowest point at three months before recovering by six months. Resilience was linked to coping style, family functioning, and social support, not to the infant's gestational age or birth weight.
• RNSystematic Review2025Breastfeeding self-efficacy in mothers in socioeconomic vulnerability: Situation-Specific Theory.Revista brasileira de enfermagemIn vulnerable breastfeeding mothers, number of children, age, income, education, marital status, occupation, race and social support were linked to breastfeeding self-efficacy. The paper proposes tailored guidance and emotional support, not tested care.
• RNQualitative2025Mindfulness practices for alleviating distress among postpartum women.Revista brasileira de enfermagemPostpartum women in a high-risk maternity hospital described eight mindfulness sessions as bringing calm, less crying, less pain and guilt, and closer connection to their babies. These are their experiences, not proof the practice works.
• RNOther2025Increasing breastfeeding literacy: A preliminary study to develop an AI-based chatbot.International journal of nursing sciencesFive mothers found this breastfeeding chatbot mostly clear and easy to use, but some questions were misinterpreted and buttons hard to find. Four experts rated content highly with variable agreement. It was not tested to improve breastfeeding.
• RNSystematic Review2025Artificial intelligence in Brazilian Primary Health Care: scoping review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemAcross 27 Brazilian primary care AI studies, computer models were used mainly for early diagnosis, screening and risk prediction. Language-based AI showed no applications, and weak data, internet, cost and access limit use.
• RNSystematic Review2025Toward a nurse-oriented management framework for premature ovarian insufficiency: Integration of guidelines and consensus recommendations.International journal of nursing sciencesSix high-quality POI guideline documents were synthesized into a nursing framework covering risk, confirmed patients and complications. It guides education, monitoring and coordination, but no patient outcomes were tested.
• RNOther2025Prevalence of skin injuries related to medical adhesives in Brazilian hospitals: a multicenter study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemIn adult ICU patients, 33 of 108 had skin injury from medical adhesives. More adhesives and peripheral venous access fixation were linked to injury. Maceration and dermatitis were the most frequently identified types.
• PTOTRNSystematic Review2025Pain in Long COVID: A scoping review of clinical characteristics and patterns of manifestation.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemLong COVID pain appears across ages, most often in head, chest, neck, shoulder, lower back and hip. It can be mild to severe, daily or intermittent, lasting months to years. Women and people with prior pain often report more pain or worsening.
• RNOther2025Development of a large language model-based knowledge graph for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in breast cancer and its implications for nursing.International journal of nursing sciencesA prototype knowledge graph linked 238 chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting concepts from 47 evidence sources, but it was not tested with nurses or patients, so it cannot yet change bedside care.
• RNSystematic Review2025Large language model-driven agents in nursing practice: A scoping review.International journal of nursing sciencesAI agents built on large language models are mostly prototype or simulation work in nursing, not proven patient care. They are being tested for clinical, home, and community tasks, but outcomes need trials.
• RNSurvey2026Gender Differences in Psychological Strengths Among Rural Adolescents.Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, IncRural Texas adolescents reported low optimism and resilience, with males scoring higher than females and non-binary peers on most strengths. These differences were small and the study is cross-sectional, so it identifies a risk group but does not prove interventions work.
• RNOther2025Accuracy of nursing diagnoses of hospitalized people with HIV: implications for care.Revista brasileira de enfermagemMost nursing diagnoses for hospitalized people living with HIV were rated high accuracy (60%), but 29.82% were rated null accuracy. Nurses should check that documented signs and symptoms actually support each diagnosis before using it to guide care.
• OTRNSystematic Review2025Sociability of male cancer patients with stoma: a qualitative metasynthesis.Revista brasileira de enfermagemMen with cancer-related stomas described social isolation because pouch management, odor, leakage, body image, and lack of nearby toilets made public activities difficult. They hid difficulties from family and used clothing, fasting, and bathroom planning to cope.
• RNQualitative2025Interface between falls and perceptions of quality of life of older adults: a qualitative study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemOlder adults who had fallen often treated falls as normal, then reduced church, market and supermarket visits because fear of another fall. They wanted home changes, support networks and acceptance of limits to stay independent.
• RNSystematic Review2025Mobile applications offering non-pharmacological therapies aimed at improving the quality of life of cancer patients: a scoping review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemSeven studies mapped apps delivering mindfulness, guided imagery or Tai Chi to cancer patients; most reported less anxiety and depression and some quality of life gains. The review does not prove which app or therapy caused the benefit.
• RNCase Report2025Monitoring enteral feeding tolerance in a critically ill patient using point-of-care ultrasound.Revista brasileira de enfermagemIn one ICU patient, nurses used bedside ultrasound to estimate stomach volume, held feed advancement, gave a stomach-emptying medicine, and moved the tube past the stomach; he reached target calories within three days. This is one patient, not evidence.
• RNSystematic Review2025Assessment of anxiety and psychological stress among expectant parents during pregnancy: a scoping review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemMost tools for assessing anxiety and stress in pregnancy were used with pregnant women, not expectant fathers. Nurses can consider these tools in maternity care, but evidence for screening fathers is limited.
• RNSurvey2025A Survey of ECT Recipients, Family Members and Friends: Are the Self-Reported Reasons for The Recipients' Problems Being Addressed?International journal of mental health nursingMost ECT recipients believed childhood trauma or recent stress caused their condition, yet fewer than half said mental health staff asked about these factors. Even fewer said the issues were addressed therapeutically. Practice appears to be improving slowly over time.
• RNSurvey2025Informal Caregiving in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Multimorbidity: A Cross-European Study of Caregiver Burden, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Caregiver Engagement.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingInformal caregivers of people with atrial fibrillation and other long-term conditions reported moderate burden and anxiety, but typical self-rated health was 80 out of 100. Higher engagement was linked with less burden and better health.
• RNOther2025Nursing consultation based on self-care supported by people with Diabetes Mellitus: an experience report.Revista brasileira de enfermagemNurses used structured diabetes consultations and phone calls to set signed self-care goals. Participants initially resisted lifestyle change, then recognized benefits; nurses noted improved self-perception and clinical parameters.
• RNMeta-Analysis2026Prevalence of Agitation and Its Associated Factors in Adult Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing in critical careAgitation was common in adult intensive care units, affecting 55.65% of patients across 10 studies. Fever above 37.5°C was the only factor associated with agitation; pain, delirium, low sodium and restraints were not.
• RNSurvey2025Side effects of hormone therapy in patients with malignant breast neoplasm: a cross-sectional study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemBreast hormone therapy side effects were common: hot flashes, night sweats, musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and sexual complaints. Tamoxifen users reported more sexual complaints. Anastrozole users reported hot flashes, musculoskeletal pain, and fatigue. Night sweats were also common.
• RNOther2025Recommended nursing care for people with mental disorders in mobile prehospital care: a scoping review.Revista brasileira de enfermagem27 recommended nursing practices were mapped for mental health emergencies in mobile prehospital care: scene safety, assessment, verbal de-escalation, restraint only as last resort, and monitoring.
• RNSurvey2025Factors associated with non-adherence to polychemotherapy treatment for leprosy.Revista brasileira de enfermagemLeprosy patients who had abandoned treatment were more often still untreated if they did not feel symptoms improve or did not believe the diagnosis. This small study cannot show cause, but it identifies beliefs and symptom experience as important factors.
• RNOther2025Effectiveness of processing laryngoscopes used in surgical patients undergoing orotracheal intubation.Revista brasileira de enfermagemRoutine manual cleaning of laryngoscopes failed to remove organic residue. Although simulated microorganisms were eliminated, all tested devices retained protein levels above safety limits, and some showed visible dirt on blades and handles.
• RNOther2025Adaptation and content validity of the Brazilian version of the Mental Health Literacy questionnaire.Revista brasileira de enfermagemA Brazilian Portuguese mental health literacy questionnaire for young adults was adapted, judged understandable, and takes 15 to 30 minutes. It may be used by nurses to assess mental health literacy, but further testing is needed before scores can be trusted.
• RNOther2025Factors associated with death in severe patients with COVID-19/diabetes mellitus in Brazil.Revista brasileira de enfermagemIn severe COVID-19 cases with diabetes, older age, kidney disease, respiratory distress, low oxygen saturation, and ventilatory support were associated with higher death risk, not proof they caused death.
• RNQualitative2025SPIKES clinical protocol for delivering bad news: an experience report.Revista brasileira de enfermagemDuring a palliative-care family meeting, nurses translated medical terms, validated family emotions, and helped shape a care plan. The report describes a communication process, not proof that the protocol improves outcomes.
• RNOther2025Instrument for assessing (self)care competence in people with gastrostomy and their caregivers: a methodological study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemA 34-item form was developed for nurses to assess gastrostomy self-care competency in people with gastrostomy and their caregivers. Experts agreed the domains, and two observers rated 14 caregivers and 7 people with feeding stoma with strong agreement. Full validation is still needed.
• RNOther2025Risk for shock in people with acute myocardial infarction: a middle-range theory.Revista brasileira de enfermagemThree physiological problems and 23 preceding factors for shock risk in acute myocardial infarction were identified, including bleeding, low fluid volume, ejection fraction below 35%, and prior heart attack.
• RNSurvey2026Do Injury, Depression, and PTSD Mediate the Relationships Between Latent Profiles of Cumulative Lifetime Violence and Chronic Pain Disability in Men?Research in nursing & healthCanadian men reporting severe lifetime violence as both targets and perpetrators had the highest chronic pain disability; PTSD and injuries were associated with pain disability, depression was not.
• RNCohort2026The OCTO-Plus Intervention to Support Families of Chronically Critically Ill Children in Paediatric Critical Care: A Pilot Study.Nursing in critical careParents of chronically critically ill children in paediatric critical care could be recruited and kept in a nurse and physician-delivered family support pilot; stress, anxiety, depression and family functioning scores trended better, but it did not test whether the support works.
• RNOther2026The Use of Nonpharmacologic Approaches to Pain Management Among Nursing Home Residents.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesMost nursing home residents with dementia received at least one nonpharmacologic pain approach; positioning was the most common. More approaches were associated with more oral pain medicines, diabetes, and less cognitive impairment. The study did not show these approaches reduced pain.
• RNQualitative2026Implementing Peer Support in Community Mental Health Nursing Teams: Qualitative Evaluation.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursingSwiss community mental health nursing teams found clients expressed feeling understood and hopeful with peer support workers, while unclear roles, low hours, billing gaps and weak team understanding limited integration.
• RNOther2025Adolescents' Mental Well-Being and Social Support: Mixed Methods Study.International journal of mental health nursingAdolescents' mental well-being drops as they age, with family support mattering most in primary school and friends taking over in secondary school. School nurses are seen as approachable experts, but interactions remain informal and unstructured rather than part of formal care.
• RNCohort2025Sociotechnical Needs of Registered Nurses in the Heart Failure Hospitalizations of African American Patients: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR nursingNurses caring for African American heart failure patients reported the biggest gaps were their own burnout and managing workload with electronic records. Nurses with patients who stayed longer also struggled more with assessing clinical needs and providing patient education.
• RNOther2025Effectiveness of text messages in the adherence to COVID-19 prevention practices: a quasi-experimental study.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemWhatsApp messages with images about masks, hand hygiene and distancing coincided with higher self-reported adherence over seven weeks, especially in weeks six and seven. Because no control group was used, this cannot prove the messages caused the change.
• RNSystematic Review2025Disordered eating behaviors in people with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PSkipping insulin to lose weight was the most common disordered eating behavior in people with type 1 diabetes. Binge eating and restriction were also reported, and these behaviors were linked to high HbA1c, high BMI, body dissatisfaction, depression, anxiety, and distress.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Impact of opioid-free anesthetic on postoperative complication following gynecological surgery: a meta-analysis.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn women undergoing gynecological surgery, opioid-free anesthesia, a bundle of non-opioid agents, was associated with less postoperative nausea and vomiting, less rescue antiemetic use, and better recovery. It did not reduce pain scores, analgesic use, or change extubation time.
• RNOther2025'I Am Not Going, So You're Doing It': Management of Pregnant People With High BMI at Rural Hospitals in British Columbia: A Mixed Methods Analysis.The Australian journal of rural healthAdverse maternal-newborn outcome scores were higher for underweight and high-BMI groups, but BMI was not clearly linked to them at rural British Columbia hospitals. Local birth rates fell as BMI rose, and providers described applying BMI transfer rules differently, with some patients refusing referral.
• RNCohort2025Factors Associated With an Elder Mistreatment Diagnosis Among Medicare Home Health Care Recipients.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationAmong Medicare home health patients, elder mistreatment diagnoses were rare at 0.3%, but literacy, housing or income problems, TBI, behavioral health, mobility, skin symptoms, and hospitalization risk were associated with higher risk.
• RNOther2026Role of Sleep Disturbances and Diabetes-Related Distress on Glycemic Control: A Path Analysis.Research in nursing & healthIn adults with type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea, longer reported sleep was linked to lower HbA1c. The link was not direct: it ran through less severe insomnia and lower diabetes-related distress.
• RNOther2026Predictors of Opioid Misuse and Abuse Among Pregnant Women in the US.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesPregnant women in the third trimester had lower odds of past-year opioid misuse than those in the first. Older age, higher income, and better health status were also protective. Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander women had higher odds than non-Hispanic White women.
• RNOther2026Scale for Assessing Understanding of Benefits and Risks of Using Complementary Therapies in Diabetes Management: Psychometric Evaluation.The journal of nursing research : JNRA questionnaire for diabetes patients using complementary therapies worked well in 307 Taiwan outpatients. It may help clinicians spot gaps in patient knowledge about risks, benefits, interactions, and disclosure.
• RNCohort2026Integrating Psychosocial Screening Into Cardiac Nursing: Feasibility of Nurse-Led Type D Personality Assessment for Predicting Emotional Recovery in Coronary Care Unit Patients.Nursing in critical careIn 110 coronary care patients, Type D personality was linked to anxiety and depression, and avoidant coping was linked to depression and total distress.
• RNCase Report2026Family Partnership in Hypnosis to Improve Mechanical Ventilation Weaning in an ICU Patient With High Cervical Spinal Cord Injury-A Case Report.Nursing in critical careA sedated patient with high cervical spinal cord injury could not speak, so his mother supplied sensory details for hypnosis scripts; he reported comfort during a trial, but this single case cannot show hypnosis caused weaning.
• RNQualitative2025Perceptions of discharge readiness among primiparas based on the King's theory of goal attainment: a qualitative study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PFirst-time mothers going home after birth wanted support for recovery and baby care. Many felt unprepared and excluded from discharge decisions. They valued family help and asked for interactive assessment and ongoing guidance.
• RNSystematic Review2025Strategies for implementing HIV self-testing in diverse populations: an integrative review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemHIV self-test distribution reached people mainly through community and peer routes, but no single method was enough. Counseling, privacy, and clear instructions mattered, and positive tests did not always lead to treatment.
• RNOther2025Nursing consultation protocol for supported self-care for people with Parkinson's disease.Revista brasileira de enfermagemA nursing consultation protocol for supported self-care in Parkinson's disease was rated highly relevant and clear by 12 expert nurses. It structures assessment and education, but no patient outcomes were tested.